Lord of the Rings coin collection to go on sale in Dorset
This collection comes with plastic protective cases, boxes and associated paperwork and will be on sale on Thursday 27 February.The Royal Mint has been issuing annual sets since 1971.Mr Bromell explained that "everyone collects something, it might not be commemorative coins but most people have a passion for something".The auctioneer said he has seen people collect "far more unusual things than coins" and one of his clients liked to collect combine harvesters."We've even sold a collection of motorbikes which came all the way from Japan," he said.
"We are all custodians of our collection, which we enjoy for as long as we can before passing it on," he said."Coins are easy to collect, quite simple to look after and don't take up much space."They are a wonderful thing to accumulate."
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